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tjuulypirrikufromtjuulypiintransitive verbbecome huskyYirtunypa ngalku lirri tjuulypirriku.If you eat this kind of bush tomato your voice gets husky.Purtu wangkama tjaalymara lirri tjuulypirrinyangka.You won’t be able to talk, just whispering, because your voice has got husky.
tjuulypungkuvariant oftjuupungku
tjuuny-tjuuny(pa)nounwhite-browed, grey-crowned babblerPomatostomus superciliosus, P. temporalisnoisy brown bird with white chestMeans the same aspipirn-pipirn(pa)sounds liketjunytjuny(pa)
tjuupin(pa)saucepannounsaucepanTjinguru-rna tjuupintjarralu watjanma waru-tju warnitjaku kuka-rna tjuupinta witaltjaku.If I had a saucepan I’d ask (them) to bring firewood for me so that I could cook meat in a saucepan.
tjuupungkualsotjuulypungkutransitive verbspit on somethingWirtanyu tjuupungkula mangarangu ngurntirringkula.He spat, turned around and stood facing away from them.Yiikungka-ya tjuupungkulanytja.They were spitting in his face.Tjuulypungkulalpi wirtalytjunku.She’ll spit and wet (the probe stick) with saliva.Minymalunku kurri yarltingu, ‘Wati ngana, turlkuku-li yarra.’ Ka tjuupungkulalpi watjarnu, ‘Mapitja munkarra turlkuku kutju. Nyinarra-rna. Kulirayirnu-rna yirnarringu.’A woman called her husband, ‘Hey man, let’s go to the church service. But he spat and said, ‘You go over there to the service on your own. I’m staying here. I’ve heard that message for a long time and now I’m an old man.’Means the same aswirta warnikusounds liketjuulpungku
tjuurr(pa)nounAustralian owlet-nightjar, [?] spotted nightjarAegotheles cristatus, [?] Eurostopodus argusnight birdTjuurrpa likarrangka nyinapayi likarrawaarrku. Yurltungka nyinapayi. Mungangka wangkapayi, ‘Tjuurr.’Owlet-nightjars sit on bark as they are the same colour. They live in hollow trees. At night they call out, ‘T̲ju̲u̲r̲r̲.’Means the same askurnkarakuurnkurta-kurtatjurrki
TjuutjiTuesdaynounTuesday, Thursday


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